My take on today’s Social BPM tweet jam

Today I participated, together with an impressive number of world-renowned experts in BPM, to a hectic tweet jam on Social BPM.I curated a (slightly remixed) recording of the session, which is available here (http://storify.com/marcobrambi/socialbpm) and embedded below.The participation was so intense that it was really hard to keep the pace of the discussion (especially because … Continue reading My take on today’s Social BPM tweet jam

Social BPM: motivation and impact on the BPM lifecycle

A lot of discussions are ongoing on the motivations and role of social BPM, in particular on how and when it should impact on the classical BPM lifecycle.In terms of motivations, I think the social extension of a business process can be regarded  as a specific optimization phase, where the organization seeks efficiency by extending … Continue reading Social BPM: motivation and impact on the BPM lifecycle

The rising sun of Social BPM – upcoming TweetJam

Despite (or maybe because of) the vast discussion on whether this is just a buzzword, a lipstick on a pig, or even a bad practice for BPM, I have to say that I see a continuously rising attention on Social BPM.This is demonstrated by a huge amount of posts by prominent BPM practitioners (see also … Continue reading The rising sun of Social BPM – upcoming TweetJam

Social Business Forum 2011: Keith Swenson keynote speech on the Quantum Enterprise

Keith Swenson keynote speech at the Social Business Forum2011 on the Quantum EnterpriseToday I attended the Social Business Forum 2011 in Milan. It was a great event, with a huge line of speakers and events. The audience was huge (1200+ people I think), so big praise to Open Knowledge for the organization. If you want … Continue reading Social Business Forum 2011: Keith Swenson keynote speech on the Quantum Enterprise

Social BPM: links, references and resources

In this post I wish to summarize the opinions and the discussions on the hot topic Social BPM. I think this provides a good understanding of the topic and a feeling on the debate that is still ongoing. If you know about other useful references, feel free to add them (self-citations are also welcome). Also, … Continue reading Social BPM: links, references and resources

A Model-driven Approach to Social BPM Applications

Together with Piero Fraternali and Carmen Vaca Ruiz I've recently written a chapter published within the Social BPM Handbook.The book is published by Future Strategies in association with the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) in the BPM and Workflow Handbook Series and will be launched at Social Business Forum 2011 on June 8, 2011 in Milan, … Continue reading A Model-driven Approach to Social BPM Applications

Much ado about nothing? — reconsidering IBM Blueworks Live

I've been quite excited at the announcement of IBM Blueworks Live by  Phil Gilbert at BPM 2010 last September, and the expectations kept growing until the last weekend.The I read the blog post by Sandy Kemsley and I thought: all right, that's a preview, let's wait for the final site. Then I went through the … Continue reading Much ado about nothing? — reconsidering IBM Blueworks Live

My today’s BPM responses

BPM Product development (Adam Deane Blog, Nov. 10, 2010) Adam,thanks for sharing this. Extremely valuable resource indeed.Let me point you also to another source of knowledge for the BPM field I recently discovered: the Slideshare group managed by Sandy Kemsley, :http://www.slideshare.net/group/business-process-managementWant value from social? Add structure (Tom Davenport blog, Harvard Business School)Social aspects and structure … Continue reading My today’s BPM responses